22-10-2024 KHARTUM: Millions of people in South Sudan have been affected by floods across much of the country, the UN’s humanitarian organization, Ocha, has said. More than a quarter of those many in the north have been forced from their homes by rising waters. Ocha said the displaced were seeking …
Read More »India and China agree to de-escalate border tensions
22-10-2024 NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: India and China have agreed on patrolling arrangements to de-escalate tensions along their disputed Himalayan border, India’s top diplomat has said. Vikram Misri said on Monday that the two sides have agreed on “disengagement and resolution of issues in these (border) areas that had arisen in …
Read More »Indigenous Australian senator defends heckling King
22-10-2024 CANBERRA: An Australian senator has defended heckling King Charles and accusing him of genocide after he addressed Australia’s Parliament House, telling media that “he’s not of this land”. Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian woman, interrupted the ceremony in the capital of Canberra by shouting for about a minute before …
Read More »Wave of Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah-linked banks in Lebanon
22-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel has carried out air strikes across Lebanon, saying its targeting branches of a bank used by Hezbollah. The Israeli military issued 24 warnings in less than an hour evacuation warnings which caused widespread panic, according to the UN’s envoy to Lebanon. The Al-Qard al-Hassan bank has …
Read More »‘Yes’ to pro-EU constitutional changes by tiny margin: Moldova
22-10-2024 CHISINAU: People in Moldova have backed the Eastern European country’s proposed changes to its constitution and commitment to joining the EU by the thinnest of margins in a referendum. Official data put Yes on 50.46% and No on 49.54% on Monday afternoon, with more than 99.6% of votes counted. …
Read More »Israel pounds Beirut & Gaza after Hezbollah rockets attack
21-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ CAIRO: Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel and a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home. Netanyahu was not there at the time, …
Read More »India seeks critical mineral agreement with US
21-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India has proposed to the United States to convert their memorandum of understanding in critical minerals into a critical minerals agreement (CMA) that will give the benefits of a free trade agreement to the trade of electric vehicles. “I have suggested that our …
Read More »Musk promises to award $1m each day to a signer of his petition
21-10-2024 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA: Billionaire Elon Musk promised on Saturday to give away $1 million each day until November’s election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the US Constitution. And he wasted no time, awarding a $1 million check to an attendee of his event in Pennsylvania aimed at …
Read More »Kamala’s campaign flexes celebrity support in Detroit & Atlanta
21-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ ATLANTA: United States Vice President Kamala Harris has deployed some of the music industry’s star power to rally voters in the final weeks before November’s presidential election. Two of the Democratic nominee’s events were headlined by prominent musicians. At her first stop, in Detroit, Michigan, the singer and …
Read More »UK taking lead on possible Eurofighters for Turkey: Germany
21-10-2024 BERLIN: A project to possibly supply Turkey with Eurofighter jets is an effort being driven by the United Kingdom and is in the early stages, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says. “There are certain projects that are just getting started … one that the UK government is taking forward and …
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